Weather strip



May 22, 1923.

5. DIXON ET AL WEATHER STRIP Filed July 16. 1918 Patented May 22, 1923.

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1 srms DIXON AND ALBERT s. BALDRIDGE, or oxLAnoMa, OKLAHOMA.

' WEATHER s'ram' Application flied July 16, 1918. Serial No. 245,240.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that SILAs DIXON and An- BERT S. BALDRIDGE, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Oklahoma city, in the county of Oklahoma andState of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWeather Strips, of whichthe following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a new and improved weather-proofing medium fordoors and windows or other parts of buildingsand the general aims are toprovide a novel construction of Weatherstrip capable of flexing fromapproximately four or more points in order to readily yield withoutundue strain on the entire stri a strip having a face to always lie'flat w ile engaging the desired surface and one possessing the generalfeatures of construction and advantages of the embodiment illustrated inthe accompanying drawings with relation to the specification hereinafterfollowing.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a windowillustrating the use of our improvements and Figure 2 is a fragmentaryperspective view of the Weather strip.

In Figure 1, a window is illustrated having usual sliding sashes 24 and25 mounted in a casement 26. The Weatherstrip has walls 36 and 37disposed at an angle, preferabl a right angle, to each other and fromwhich walls 38 :and 39 extend at practically 45, th 'latter wall havinga flange 40 depending therefrom parallel with the wall 37. Four pointsof flexure are thus provided between the walls and flange. Thisweatherstrip is intermediate the inclined facing walls of preferablyused to close the space the top strip and bottom stri of the lower andupper sashes respective y, being fastened in place by nails, screws orthe like passing through the wall 36, as at 41. Also this form ispreferably used to close the I space above sill 27' between the windowsash and the inner sill 42 and the space between the upper'sash and across strlp 43. With these-forms, wall 38 along its free edge rests on asupportingsurface while wall 37 and flange 40 respectively engageopposed surfaces between which they are disposed. The

' with respect to and extending from the side edges of said walls, and aflange. extending outwardly from one of said parallel walls in a planesubstantially parallel to the first wall and intersecting the secondwall.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

SILAS DIXON. ALBERT S. BALDRIDGE;

Witnesses: I

GRACE Wm, M. L. SPEELEIL

